International ConferenceUniversity of MelbourneAustralia5-6 December 2006

Twenty years after the term "postmodernism" became common currency inanalyses of contemporary literature, architecture, visual arts,philosophy and popular culture, we still find the editor of the recentCambridge Companion to Postmodernism (2004) lamenting "the strangeabsence of a mature postmodernist discourse within music studies," andsuggesting that "the relative conservatism and autonomy of the world ofacademic music study may account for its long resistance topostmodernist formulations and arguments."

This conference aims to contribute to the maturing of that discourse bybringing together scholars with interests in music and "postmoderncultural theory," broadly conceived. The conference, which is supportedby the Australian Research Council, will be geared to publication outputand, to maximise opportunities for exchange between the participants, wehope to avoid running parallel sessions and to circulate papers amongthe speakers prior to the conference. While this means limiting thenumber of papers presented (and hence refereeing proposals), we willwelcome proposals for 25-minute papers on any topics that fit under thebroad umbrella of the conference title.

Paper proposals: please send a title and an abstract of 400 words (plusdetails of any equipment requirements) to <pomo-music_at_unimelb.edu.au> by15 APRIL 2006. We will acknowledge receipt of your proposal immediatelyand notify you of its acceptance/rejection by 15 May.